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May 13, 2010

Cowley moves into tie for sixth at national tourney

Earning three and a half more points on Wednesday, the Cowley College men’s tennis team moved into a tie for sixth place at the NJCAA Men’s National Tennis Championship in Plano, Texas.

Laredo jumped ahead of Collin County Community College (35-34) at the top of the team standings, while Tyler Junior College moved into third place with 32.5 points. Cowley is tied with Seminole State with 24.5 points. The Tigers are only a half point behind fifth place Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, but also just a half point ahead of Johnson County and Scottsdale Community College.

On Thursday, Cowley’s Roger White advanced to the championship match at No. 3 singles after rallying to defeat Laredo Community College’s Leury Arias 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals. White will face Vincennes University’s Simon Honegger in the title match on Friday.

Unfortunately, Tiger sophomore Lloyd Bruce-Burgess came up just short of advancing to the title match at No. 1 singles as he had to retire from his semifinal match against Laredo’s Cledson Carvalho due to leg cramps. After dropping the first set 6-7, Bruce-Burgess won a second set tiebreaker (7-6) to force a third and final set. Trailing 4-1 in the third set, the leg cramps became too much for Bruce-Burgess to continue playing through, thus prompting him to leave the court.

Bruce-Burgess and Joan Valls are currently playing in the consolation final at No. 1 doubles.
The tournament will wrap up play on Friday.

Top-10 team scores: (1) Laredo, 35; (2) Collin, 34; (3) Tyler, 32.5; (4) Vincennes, 32; (5) ABAC, 25; (6tie) Cowley, 24.5; (6tie) Seminole, 24.5; (8tie) Johnson County, 24; (8tie) Scottsdale, 24; (10) Seward County, 19.

Cowley results:
DOUBLES

  • No. 1 - Lloyd Bruce-Burgess/Joan Valls (CC) lost to Raul Garza/Chris Lawson (Temple) 4-6, 4-6; received a bye to the quarterfinals of the consolation bracket; won by default over Terrence Gamboa/Marco Reynoso (Moraine Valley); defeated Brian Munie/Kyle Watson (Lewis & Clark) 6-0, 6-2.
  • No. 2 - Renato Mendes/Felipe Pimenta (CC) defeated Trent Jackson/Matt Kennamer (Spartanburg Methodist) 6-1, 6-1; lost to Stan Rodier/Paulo Roessle (Tyler) 3-6, 7-6, 4-6.
  • No. 3 - Alex Dickson/Roger White (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Joe Garcia/Chris Vlad (Glendale) 6-2, 6-1; lost to Rafael Bugiga/Antoine Raffaelli (Laredo) 4-6, 4-6 in the quarterfinals.

SINGLES

  • No. 1 - Lloyd Bruce-Burgess (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Chad Llewellyn (Marion) 6-2, 6-2; defeated Javier Millan (Scottsdale) 6-2, 6-4; lost to Cledson Carvalho (Laredo) 6-7, 7-6, 1-4 (retired) in the semifinals.
  • No. 2 - Joan Valls (CC) defeated Charles Norman (Glendale) 6-2, 6-2; defeated Romain Vieillard (ABAC) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; lost to Danny Heidecker (Collin) 2-6, 6-4, 4-6.
  • No. 3 - Roger White (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Raul Garza (Temple) 6-2, 6-4; defeated Jordan Rozenfeld (Collin) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; defeated Leury Arias (Laredo) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.
  • No. 4 - Felipe Pimenta (CC) defeated Donnail Myles (Hinds) 6-1, 6-0; lost to Rodolfo Bustamante (Collin) 6-1, 6-0.
  • No. 5 - Renato Mendes (CC) defeated Wesley Raines (Itawamba) 6-2, 6-2; lost to Corey Huggins (Seminole) 1-6, 5-7.
  • No. 6 - Alex Dickson (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Daniel Plasencia (Scottsdale) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; lost to Bryan Canavan (Seminole) 7-6, 5-7, 2-6.